If the Intensity of a Sound Under Water at a Distance

question 16

Essay

If the intensity of a sound under water at a distance of 3 m from the source is 4.5 × 10^-2 W/m², what is the intensity when you move to a position 10 m from the source?

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Definitions:

Infant Survival

The probability or rate of survival of newborn organisms through their earliest stages of life, often influenced by factors like genetic health, parental care, and environmental conditions.

Balanced Polymorphism

A situation in which two or more alleles of a gene persist in a population because the survival advantage or disadvantage of each balances out.

Heterozygote Advantage

The phenomenon where individuals with two different alleles for a particular trait have a greater fitness than those with two identical alleles.

Frequency-Dependent Selection

A process of evolution whereby the success and reproductive viability of a genotype or phenotype is influenced by its commonness or rarity in comparison to other genotypes or phenotypes within the same population.